A remarkable true story of a village stricken with plague through the arrival from London of a box of clothing; of the villagers’ determination to prevent its spread and contain the disease.
Category: Eileen Dunnachie
A list of productions that Eileen has been involved in either as an actor, director or part of the backstage and supporting team.
1997
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A Kind Of Alaska
Deborah was a lively 16-year-old and part of a close-knit family when she fell victim to sleeping sickness. Twenty-nine years later she comes to life.
1996
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Forty Years On
A fictional public school which is preparing to perform an end-of-term play. The end-of-term play deals farcically with the aftermath of the First World War.
1996
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Woman in Mind
Ayckbourn creates a set of believable people whose weaknesses and foibles are food for mirth. We laugh at ourselves through his characters and the experience is at once pain.
1996
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Run For Your Wife
A London cab driver, John Smith, literally has two lives, complete with two different wives, Mary and Barbara. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion.
1995
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And So To Bed
A charming and scintilating comedy concerning Samuel Pepys, who calls on Mistress Knight but is forced to hide in a closet because of a visit to the fascinating lady by Charles II.
1995
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One For The Road
This observant comedy finds Dennis on the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, making a last-ditch attempt to break away from the confines of his middle-class, housing-estate existence.
1995
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Room Five Hundred and Four
Edie reminisces about herself and Harry on their wedding-day in February 1942. That night the couple discover life’s big truths. Next day, Harry will leave for the front, never to return.
1994
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The Secret Tent
A young wife who has been missing and presumed murdered returns home only to find that her husband’s feelings for her have completely changed.
1993
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Easy Stages
A subtle parody of the backstage goings-on of an amateur dramatic society. Here we see the stage crew struggling to play their part against all the odds.
1992
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A Tomb With A View
A dusty, lawyer reads a will (involving some millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family. More corpses than live members are left in the cast as murder prevails.
1992
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The Enquiry
Kate, a prisoner sentenced for killing her very sick child, has been attacked and driven to attempt suicide. The prison authoritites discover that the attack was made by an inmate.